SCHOOL LAW OF 1896. 



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Territory cf Hawaii. 



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X ACT 57. 



AN ACT TO CHKATK AN KXK('UTI\K DKPAUTMKNT 
TO HE KNOWN AS TFIK DKrAKTMHNT OF PCHLIC 
INSTIU'CTION; TO DKFINK ITS DUTIES AND POW- 
EKS; AND 10 KKI'KAL THE FOLLoWINi; LAWS. 

All Act cntithd "An Ac-t to provide \'i>v tin- .•<oi>aratioii of 
the sexes in the (ioviTiniient Schools," ai)pr<»ve<i July 2'), 18f)2; 
Sections 1 to 27 inelusive, 29 to 38 inclusive, of an Act entitled 
*'An Act to rei>eal (^liapter X of the Civil Code, and to regulate 
the Bureau of Tuhlii Instruction," approved January 10, IHHo; 
An Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 21 of an Act entitled 
*' An Act to rein'al Chapter X of the ( 'i vil ('o<le, and to regulate 
the Bureau of Public Instruction," approved January 10, I860, 
regulating the time for which chihlrcn may !.<• i)laced at the 
Reformatory or Industrial Sciuxd," approved July G, 186(); An 
Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled '*An Act to re- 
peal Chapter X of the Civil C<><le, and to regulate the Bureau 
of Public Instruction," approved January 10, 18(Jo, by adding 
Sections 26 (A), 26 (B) and 26 (C) after Section 26 in said Act," 
approved June 22, 1868; An Act entitled "An Act to amend 
an Act to repeal Chapter X of the Civil Code, and to regulate 
the Bureau of Public Instruction, passed January 10, 1865" ap- 
proved June 24, 1868; Chapter XV of the I^iws of 1870, entitled 
**An Act to amend an Act entitled '^\n Act to repeal Chapter X 
of the Civil Code, and to regulate the Bureau of Public In- 
struction," and to insert certain new sections to be styled Sec- 



tion 18 (A), Section 18 (B), and Section 23 (A);" Chapter 
XXXVII of the Laws of 1870, entitled "An Act to Regulate 
Independent Schools in relation to sessions and qualifications 
of teachers; " Chapter XXV of the Laws of 1878, entitled "An 
Act to amend Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 79 of the Penal 
Code, relating to the Bureau of Public Instruction; " Chapter 
XXXI of the Laws of 1888, entitled "An Act to authorize the 
establishment of Select Schools in this Kingdom, and to author- 
ize the collection of tuition fees therein; " Chapter XXXIII of 
the Laws of 1888, entitled "An Act to prohibit the collection of 
tuition fees in certain Government Schools; " Chapter XLIII 
of the Laws of 1888, entitled "An Act to amend Section 21 of 
an Act entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter 10 of the Civil Code, 
and to regulate the Bureau of Public Instruction," approved the 
10th day of January, 1865, as amended by an Act approved 
the 6th day of July, 1866, and entitled "An Act to amend Section 
21 of an Act entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter X of the Civil 
Code, and to regulate the Bureau of Public Instruction," and 
approved the 10th day of January, 1865, regulating the time 
for which children may be placed at the Reformatory or Indus- 
trial School; " Chapter LXXXI of the Laws of 1890, entitled 
"An Act relating to the compulsory school age of children; " 
Act 29 of the Laws of the Provisional Government, entitled 
"An Act relating to Public Instruction; " Act 60 of the Laws of 
the Provisional Government entitled "An Act to amend Sec- 
tion 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter X of the 
Civil Code, and to regulate the Bureau of Public Instruction," 
approved January 10, 1865, and to repeal Chapter VI of the 
Laws of 1887;" Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Chapter 79 of the Penal 
Code, relating to the Bureau of Public Instruction. 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the Republic of Haioaii: 

Section 1. There shall be an Executive Department to be 
known as the Department of Public Instruction, which shall 



consist of n Minister of l^ulilic- Instruction and Six Connnis- 
sioncrs. 

Section -!. 'i'li< Minister of I'^oreipn Aflairs shall heex-ofticio 
Minister of l*ul>lic Instruction. He sjiall Ix- the chief adminis- 
trative otHcer of the 1 )e|>artnieht, and shall keej> an OtHce at 
the seat oi' the ( iovernment. TIk- Minister of I'uhlic Insti'uc- 
tion may he refei-i-ed to in \\\\^ Act a< the Minister. 

Section .*>. 1 h< I 'resident, h>- and with tlie advice of tlie ( "ah- 
inet, shall aj»j»oint six competent persons to act as Commis- 
sioners. Tliey shall he divided into three classes of two Com- 
niissioners in each class, who shall he commissioned for the 
term <>f out', two and three years respect ivi'ly: and as such 
commissons shall ex]>iri', the vacancy shall he tilled hy aj)- 
pointments for t<'rms of three years, so that there shall he a 
continual sueeessi(»nsof such classes, one class poin^ out of office 
ea<-h year. In ca>e of a vacancy amon^^ the ( 'onnnissinners 
from any cause other than the expiration of the tenure of office, 
such vacancy shall he filled hy ai>poiiitment, an<l the teini of 
office of <uch ( 'omniissioner shall he the remainder of the teim 
to wliich hi< jtredecessor was a]»|»ointed. 

Section I. Nopci-^on in holy ordersor a minister of religion, 
shall he eligihle as a Commissioner. Women shall he eligihle 
to be appointed as CoFumissioners: jtrovided however that not 
more tlian two shall hold commissions at any one time. .\11 
(^)nnnissioners shall serve without ]>ay. 

Section o. The .Minister and three Connnis.sioners, or in the 
absence of the Minister, four Connnissionei's sliall constitute 
a (iiiorum for the transaction of laisiness. 

Section »*>. Tin- Minister shall i)reside at all meetings at 
which fje may he i)resent, and in his absence the ( 'onnnissioners, 
may choose one of their number to act as chairman of the 
meeting. 

Section 7. Th*' Minister shall sign all draftsfor the payment 



of moneys, all coiiimissions and appointments, all deeds, official 
acts or other documents of the Department. He shall not later 
than the last Wednesday of February in each year, present to 
the President a full report of the principal transactions within 
liis Department during the year ending December thirty-first 
last preceding, together with such recommendations as he may 
think proper. 

Section 8. The Department may adopt rules and regula- 
tions not contrary to existing laws, for the government of all 
teachers and pupils, and its officers, agents and servants, and 
for the carrying out the general scheme of education and for 
the transaction of its business, which, when approved by the 
Executive Council and published, shall have the force and 
effect of law. 

Section 9. The Department shall maintain an office at the 
seat of Government, which shall be open for the transaction of 
business every day, excepting Sundays and holidays. 

Section 10. The Department shall adopt a seal, the im- 
pression of which shall be necessary to authenticate all of its 
appointments, commissions, final acts of the nature of record, 
and all other documents issued by it. 

Section 11. The Department shall cause all its proceedings, 
doings and acts to be recorded, and such records shall from 
time to time be filed in the archives of the Department. A 
certified copj' of such record or any portion thereof, when 
signed by the Minister and attested by the Secretary under the 
seal of the Department, sliall be competent evidence of all it 
contains in any Court. 

Section 12. The Department may, from time to time, appoint 
and remove such officers, agents and servants as may be neces- 
sary for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and regulate 
their duties, powers and resix)nsibilities, when not otherwise 
provided by law. 



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Section 18. Vov the jdirposc of supervision <nul inspection, 
the I )«pnrtni(iit shall appoint an Inspector (rcneral of scliools, 
l<» hold ollicc (luring its pleasure; provided, hctwevcr. that no 
person in hol> orders oi- a minister of religion, sliall be eligihh' 
t(t till >U(h office. 

Section 11. It shall he the special duty of the Inspeeior 
(Jeneral of schools to make fietpient tours of the respective 
Island> and Uistriets; to examine into the condition of tlie 
l>uhlic schools; to inform scliool officers and teachers of tlieir 
several duties: and t<> fdstei- g( iierall\ an interesl in the caust 
nf education. The InsptH'tor (fCiieral may. in the discretion 
(•f the 1 >< j>aitin<-nt. have the power of appointment and dis- 
missiil of school teaclurs; the arranging and re-arranging of 
studio's to 1m' j»ursui*d: and the jironiinence to he given to an> 
particular hranch of learning; to examine the hooks, vouchers 
and accounts of the various school agents and l(»cal scliool com- 
mittees; to liold examinations for the purpose of determining 
the <iualifications of persons desiring to serve as school ti-ach- 
ers: to give certificates of approval to tliose found competent; 
and to do and jMiform all other matters and thing entruste<l 
to his care hy the department. He shall icport in writing a 
distinct statement to the 1 )ei»artmeiit of all acts and duties 
performed h\ him: all (►f which shall he* suhject to he apj)rove<l 
<»r disapproved h\ the 1 >ej»artment. 

>eciion l.'>. The l)ejtartment shall a|>point a Secretary t<> 
hold oflice <luring its pleasure. He shall record the doings and 
transactions of the Department; take minutes of all its meet- 
ings, noting the siime in a hook of record; keeping the minutes 
of the meetings of the various committees, if so recpiested: 
carry on the necessiiry correspondence; and keep a true and ac- 
<-urate account of all the financial transiictions of the Depart- 
ment: and to do and j)eiform all other acts and things as may 
lie re(|uired of him h> the Dei>artment. He shall have the cus- 



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tody of and be responsible for the safe-keeping of all books, 
records, vouchers and other documents, and all other property 
of the Department kept at its general office at the seat of 
Government. > 

Section 16. The Department shall appoint a school agent 
for each school district, to serve during its pleasure, who shall 
be entrusted with the execution of all acts, orders, instructions 
and regulations of the Department and of the Inspectors Gen- 
eral. All of his acts and doings shall be subject to the final 
approval of the Department. 

Section 17. All schools shall be presided over by qualified 
teachers. If there shall be more than one teacher in any public 
school, one of them shall be designated by the Department as 
principal. 

Section 18. The salary of the various school agents, teach- 
ers, servants and officers not especially provided by law, shall 
be such as may be from time to time allowed by the Department. 

Section 19. All schools established and maintained by the 
Department in accordance with law, are public schools. All 
other schools are private schools. 

Section 20. The Department shall have entire charge and 
control, and be responsible for the conduct of all affairs ap- 
pertaining to public instruction. The Department is author- 
ized to establish and maintain schools for secular instruction, 
at such places and for such terms as in its discretion it may 
deem advisable and the funds at its disposal may permit. The 
Department shall regulate the course of study to be pursued 
in all grades of public schools, and classify them by such meth- 
ods as it shall deem proper. Such schools may include normal 
schools, high schools, kindergarten schools, school for techni- 
cal instruction, boarding schools, evening as well as day schools. 
The Department may also maintain classes for normal, tech- 
nical and other instruction in any school where they may not 



hv pupils sulficiciit iji iiiiinlxr to justify tlu' t^>^tilblish]nent (»f 
separate schools tor such i>urp(»ses. 

Section 2\. Any person desiring: to establish a private 
school, shall make an ai>i>licati(jn in writing to that effect to 
the school agent of the district in which it is desired to estab- 
lish such sclnM»l. which apj>li(ation shall he accompanied by a 
inennjrial fmm the parentis an<l guardians of the children in- 
tending to attend such sdiool, stating that the applicant is the 
person nf their choice ff>r a teacher of their children. If the ap- 
plicant posseses the necessaiy (pialilications to become a 
teacher of tlu- sch(»ol proj>ose(l, the l)ej)artment shall issue a 
permit authorizing the estal)lishment of such school. 

Section JJ lAcry private school shall be subject to the 
supervision of the Department. It shall be the duty of tin 
I)epartment t<» retpiire that teaehers «»f private schools be per- 
sons (»f l:o(m| moral character; and that the i»i-ejnises of sucl' 
schools e(>nii>I\ with the rules and regulations of the Dejiart- 
ment.asfrom time to time |»romulgated with regard to.<anitai\ 
conditi(»ns and hygiene. 

Section 2.'). There siiall be iio cliarge for tuition in any i»ub- 
lic s<.*hool ; provided however, that the I)ej)artment may in its 
discretion t'stablisb, maintain and discontinue select scIkjoIs, 
taught in the I'nglish langu.ige, at a charge of such tuition fees 
for attendante as it may deem pr(»j»er: provided however, that 
such select sch<K»ls shall be established onl\ in places whet**^ 
free scliools of the same grade for pu|)ils within the compulsorx 
age are readily accessi]»le to the children (»f such district. ■ 

Section '2 \ . The atti-ndanee of all childi'en between six and 
fifteen years of age. Ijotli inclusive, at either a public or private 
.school is obligatory. .\nd it shall be incumbent upon all 
I >a rents, guardians and others having the responsibility and 
care of children of such ages, to send them to some such school. 
J*rovi(led that such attendance shall not be compulsory in the 
following cases, but in no others: 



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First. Where there is no school in the scliool district where 
such child resides, and the distance to the nearest school ex- 
ceeds four miles. 

Second. When such child shall be physically or mentally 
unable to attend school, of which fact the certificate of a 
duly qualified physician shall be evidence. 

Third. When a competent perrson is employed as tutor in 
tlie family wherein such child resides, and proper instruction 
is hereby imparted. 

Fourth. Where any child of not less than the age of thirteen 
years shall have passed the required examinations of both 
Primary and Grammar school grades, as such requirements 
shall from time to time exist. 

Section 25. No person within school age shall be considered 
as complying with the law as to attendance, who shall attend a 
private school which does not comply with the requirements 
of this Act. 

Se.tion 26. The management and control of all schools 
heretofore managed or controlled by the Board of Education, 
are hereby transferred to the Department of Public Instruction. 

Section 27. All property, real, personal, or mixed hereto- 
fore belonging to the Board of Education, together with all 
money heretofore or hereafter appropriated for the benefit of 
the Bureau of Public Instruction, is hereby transferred to the 
Department of Public Instruction, and all rights, duties and 
powers heretofore belonging to the Board of Education, are 
hereafter to be exercised and performed by the Department. 

Section 28. Authority is hereby granted to the Department 
to transfer to the general Government all its property, real, 
personal or mixed, reserving however, the management and 
control of all church sites, school sites and school buildings, 
furniture and appliances. 



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Section JiK WJninvfr a sito tV)r a schoul house or laiul for 
ntlier educational purposes, as providiMl by law, shall he re- 
quired, and thesiinie can be located ui)on public land, the Com- 
missioners of Public Land, upon the recommendation of the 
Department and approval of the Kxccutivc Council, may set 
apart suflicient land for suc-h purpose without com})ensation ; 
and thereu]>on the Commissioners of Public Land shall be re- 
lieved from all further responsibility or liability in regard to 
the [)remises s<> set apart. 

St'iiion iiO. The Ln^lish lan^ijuagi' shall be the me«lium and 
basis of instruction in all public and private schools, provided 
that where it is desired that another lauKua^e shall l)e taught 
in addition to the Knglish language, such instruction may be 
authorized by the department, either by its rules, the curricu- 
luiii <»t" the school, or i>y direct order in any |>articular instance. 
Any schools that shall not conform to the provisions of this 
StH;tion shall not 1m- recognized b\ the ])e|>artment. 

Srction M. 'I'iu' l>ei»artment may establish and maintain 
om or more Teachers' Conventions or Institutes. <n* it may 
authorize and p<rmit tiieir establishment by and among its 
teachers, and may direct and authorize the attendance of tiach- 
ers tliereat, as a i>art of their duties, and may permit the closing 
of schools at specitieil limited times, in order to jK-rniit their at- 
tendance at such conventions or institutes. 

Section ;>J. 'i'lu' Oi'partmcnt shall furnish all necessiiry 
books and stationery recjuin^l for tin use of pupils in their 
respective grades, charging therefor their tost price. All pu- 
pils must be supplii-d by their parents or guardians, or other 
persons having tin custody or care of such pupils, with books 
and stcitionery ritjuisite for their use. .\hd in case pupils shall 
not be so supplied, the teacher of the school may furnish such 
books and stationery, and reijuire the parents or guardians to 
make payment therefor. If such payment shall not be prompt- 



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ly made he shall ndtity the tax assessor of the district in wliicli 
the school is located, who shall enter the amount due as a por- 
tion of the tax to be collected of such parents or guardians, 
and the payment of such amount, together with interest and 
costs, shall be enforced as in the case of delinquent taxes. In 
cases of extreme poverty, the cost of all books and stationery 
may be remitted by the Department, provided that in such cases 
the use only of such books shall be authorized, and when the 
pupils shall have finished the use of the same, the books shall 
be returned to the teacher. 

Section 33. If any child of school age shall persist in absen- 
ting himself from school, any district magistrate shall, upon 
proper complaint being made by the school teacher, or any 
other officer or agent of the Department, cause the father or 
the mother, guardian or other person having the charge of such 
child, to be summoned to appear before such magistrate, and 
upon its being proved that the person responsible for the child 
had not used proper diligence to enforce the child's regular 
attendance at school^ such responsible party shall be fined by 
the magistrate in a sum not exceeding Five Dollars, and in de- 
fault of payment thereof, such person shall be imprisoned at 
hard labor for a term not to exceed ten days. In case the child 
shall prove the offending party, the magistrate shall send him 
to a reformatory or industrial school for a term not less than 
six months or more than two years, or otherwise sentence him 
to a fine not exceeding Two Dollars, or imprisonment for a 
term not exceeding five days. Provided however, that the pro- 
visions of this Section shall not apply to any child not liable 
to compulsory attendance at school. ' 

Section 34. Any teacher shall have power to administer 
necessary and reasonable punishment upon any pupil while in 
attendance at school, and shall not in any way be held re- 
sponsible therefor. 



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Section 85. The Department may furnish hooks, stationery 
and other school su|>plies at a jiriee suftieient to cover cost, 
inehiding interest, to private schools or |>ii|)ils therein, or to 
other persons for ('(hicational i)Urpos("s. 

Section 8(). All moneys received for the sale of hooks, sta- 
tionery and suj>i>lics shall from time to tinu' he paid over 
t(» the Mini-^t«'r nf Finance with a detinite statement of what 
the>' rej»resenl. 

Section ■'T. The various school agents shall from time tn 
time draw drafts upon the Dejiartment t<» i>ay salaiy of school 
teachers and other einj>l()yees in their respective school disr 
tricts, and for the payment of sucii expenses for repairs an«l 
improvement of scliool prrjperty in their resi)ective districts as 
shall he authoriy.e(l. In the drawing of drafts, payment of 
school teachi'rs and other employees of the Department, and 
in attending to other financial interest.^ of the Department, 
the school agents shall oljsi^'rve an<l pei-form such rules and 
regulations as may he from time to time aih>pted hy the De- 
pa itment. 

Section oS. i'hi' various school agents shall, undei' thedirec- 
tion of the Departnient, have cliarge aiul contiol (tf nil pi'o|)- 
erty of the De|»artment in their resj)ective districts: they 
shall attend t<> the pi-estM'vation and care of all huildings in 
order that the same may he jn*eserved from injury and decay. 
and when occasion recjuires shall call the attention of the 
Minister or Inspector-( ieneral to such steps as seem neces- 
sary to that ohject. 

Section 89. \\ henever the pari'nts or guardians of chiUlren 
attending an\ jtuhlic school shall deem themselves aggrieved 
on account of the conduct of the tiacher, they shall have the 
right to present their petition in writing to the school agent, 
who shall then appoint a time for tlie hearing of the case; 
and if, in his (tpinion. the case of the j)etitioner shall have heen 



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proved by good and sufficient testimony, such teacher may be 
suspended by him and another appointed, subject to the final 
approval of the Department. 

Section 40. For the better control and management of the 
public schools, the Department is authorized to designate 
school districts; to establish their boundaries; and to alter 
the same from time to time as in its discretion it deems most 
advisable. These districts shall be so arranged that there shall 
be no unassigned locality. 

Section 41. All persons of school age shall be required 
to attend the school of the district in which they reside, un- 
less it shall appear to the Department to be desirable to allow 
the attendance of pupils at a school in some other district, 
in which case the Department or school agent of that district 
may grant such permission. 

iSection 42. The teachers of all schools, either public or f)ri- 
vate, shall keep a correct register of the names, sex, age and 
nationality, as far as ascertainable, date of entering the school, 
and the places of residence of the children attending their 
respective schools, and no teacher of any school shall grant 
a release to any child under fifteen years of age, who shall be 
registered as attending his school, for the purpose of attending 
another school, unless the consent and approval of the parents 
or guardians of such child shall be given in writing to the 
teacher, or unless authorized to grant such release by the 
school agent of the district for good reasons shown to his satis- 
faction. In every such case a certificate in writing shall be 
granted to the teacher setting forth the facts in the case. 

The register shall be carefully preserved, and as often as 
the Department shall direct, the register or a true copy 
thereof shall be filed in the office of the Department. 

Section 48. No teacher of any school, either public or pri- 
vate shall receive into his school any child under fifteen years 



of age. who shall have atteiulcd another school of the same 
class ill the same district, unless such child shall produce to 
the teacher of the school to he entered, a certificate of re- 
lease signed h> the teacher of the school last attended by the 
child. If such child apj)!}- to attend a school of higher 
grade, a certiticate of proficiency shall he required or a lavs-ful 
excuse for its ahsencc. 

J'rovided, that the children from one district desiring to enter 
a school in another district, may be received or admitted upon 
pnxlucing a certiticate of release from the sciiool last attended 
in such other district. 

The teacher of aiiv such school who sjiall violate any of the 
provisions of this or <»f the foregoing Section shall, upon con- 
vinction thereof, before any district magistrate, he subject to 
a line not exceeding ten dollar- f<»r <'ach ofTense. 

Section 11. The following laws and parts of laws are herel)y 
re])ealed. 

An Act entitled An Act to provide for the sepamtioii of 
the sexes in the ( lovernment Schools," ai»i»r<»ve(I July 25, 18fi2. 

Sections 1 to 27. inclusive, 2*.> to H«S, inclusive, of an Act en- 
titled "An Act to rejK'al Chapter X of the Civil Code, and to 
regulate the Bure^iu of Public Instruction," approved January 
10, 18(i5. 

An Act entitle(l 'An Act to amend Section 21 of an Act en- 
titled "An Act to lejteal Chaj)ter X of the Civil Codv, and t-o 
regulate the Bureau of Puhlit- Instruction," approved January 

10. ISfi.'), regulating the time for which children may be placed 
at the Keforniatorx or Industrial School," approved July (>, 

1<S(><>. 

.\n Act entitled -.Vn Ad to aiiund an Act entitled "An Act 
to rej>eal ('liaptei' X of the ('ivil Code, and to regulate the 
r>ureauof i*ul)lic Instruction," approved Januaiy 10, 1865, by 



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adding Section 26 (A), 26 (B) and 26 (C) after Section 26 in 
said Act," approved June 22, 1868. 

An Act entitled ''An Act to amend an Act to repeal Chapter 
X of the Civil Code, and to regulate the Bureau of Public 
Instruction, passed January 10, 1865," approved June 24, 1868. 

Chapter XV of the Laws of 1870, entitled "An Act to amend 
an Act entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter X of the Civil Code, 
and to regulate the Bureau of Public Instruction," and to in- 
sert certain new Sections to be styled Section 18 (A), Section 
18 (B) and Section 23 (A)." 

Chapter XXXVII of the Laws of 1870, entitled "An Act to 
regulate independent schools in relation to sessions and qual- 
ifications of teachers." 

Chapter XXV of the Laws of 1870, entitled "An Act to 
amend Sections 3 and 4 of Chapter 79 of the Penal Code, re- 
lating to the Bureau of Public Instruction." 

Chapter XXXI of the Laws of 1888, entitled "An Act to au- 
thorize the establishment of Select Schools in this kingdom, 
and to authorize the collection of tuition fees therein." 

Chapter XXXIII of the Laws of 1888, entitled "An Act to 
prohibit the collection of tuition fees in certain Government 
Schools." 

Chapter XLIII of the Laws of 1888, entitled "An Act to 
amend Section 21 of an Act entitled "An Act to re- 
peal Chapter 10 of the Civil Code, and to regulate the Bureau 
of Public Instruction," approved the 10th day of January, 

1865, as amended by an Act approved the 6th day of July 

1866, and entitled "An Act to amend Section 21 of an Act 
entitled "An Act to repeal Chapter X of the Civil Code, and to 
regulate the Bureau of Public Instruction," and approved the 
10th day of January, 1865, regulating the time for which chil- 
dren maybe placed at the Reformatory or Industrial School." 



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Chapter LXXXI nf tin Laws of 1890, entitlcMl " An Act relat- 
ing to tlie coiiipul.-orv school ai^e of childirn." 

Art '2U of the Laws of the Provisional (lovernment, entitled 
•All Act relating to Luhlic Instruction." 

Act (10 of the Laws of the Provisional ( Joverninent, entitled 
'All Act to aineml Section '2 of an Act entitled "An Act to 
rejjeal Chapter X of the Civil Codi', and to regulate the Bu- 
reau of Puhlic Instruction. " a|>i)roved January 10, 18()."),and to 
repeal ('hai>tci- \'I of the Laws of 1SS7." 

Sections 1, 2, 15 and 1 of Cliai>tei- 7'.> of the Penal Co(le, ri'- 
lating to the lUireau of Pul>li( Instruction. 

Section 45. This .\ct shall take elfect from and after the 
date of its puhlication. 

A). proved this sth day of .Imu', .\. 1). IMMJ. 

SANFOPI) r» DOLL, 
President of the Pi'j»ul)lic of Hawaii. 



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